Fonds SC40 - Copies, transcripts and translations of stone and copperplate inscriptions, Gujarat, India.

Zone d'identification

Cote

GB 891 SC40

Titre

Copies, transcripts and translations of stone and copperplate inscriptions, Gujarat, India.

Date(s)

  • [1840 - 1858] (Création/Production)

Niveau de description

Fonds

Étendue matérielle et support

1 bound volume handwritten

Zone du contexte

Nom du producteur

(1805-1881)

Notice biographique

Major General George Le Grand Jacob (24 April 1805-1881) was an army officer in the East India Company. At the age of fifteen he began learning languages under Dr John Borthwick Gilchrist. He became fluent in Hindi, Persian, Marathi and Sanksrit. He wasread more

Histoire archivistique

The inscriptions were recorded by Legrand Jacob.

Source immédiate d'acquisition ou de transfert

It is unknown how this volume came to be part of the Society's Collections. It is likely that it could have been given by Legrand Jacob.

Zone du contenu et de la structure

Portée et contenu

Copies, transcripts and translations of Indian stone and copperplate inscriptions made by George Legrand Jacob. Each inscription is labelled as to its location. These include: Edicts of Ashoka, and other inscriptions, Junagadh, Girnar Hills. Inscriptionread more

Zone des conditions d'accès et d'utilisation

Conditions d'accès

Open. Please contact the archivist. Details can be found here : https://royalasiaticarchives.org/. The archive is open on Tuesdays and Fridays 10-5, and Thursdays 2-5. Access is to any researcher without appointment but it will help if an appointment isread more

Conditions de reproduction

Digital photography (without flash) for research purposes may be permitted upon completion of a copyright declaration form, and with respect to current UK copyright law.

Langue des documents

  • anglais
  • sanskrit
  • pli

Zone des sources complémentaires

Unités de description associées

The collections hold Aja'ib al Tabaqat by Muhammad Tahir b. Abul Qasim in a version translated by George Legrand Jacob. The collections also contain two books authored by Jacob. Details can be found https://ras.koha-ptfs.co.uk/cgi-bin/koha/opac-search.pl?idx=&q=Legrand+Jacob&weight_search=1.

Mots-clés

Mots-clés - Sujets

Zone du contrôle de la description

Identifiant de la description

gb891-sc40

Note de l'archiviste

The material was catalogued by Nancy Charley, RAS Archivist, in 2022.